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A Different Sea
By
M. S. Spurr (trans) and
Claudio Magris
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Harpercollins
Publication date
December 1, 1994
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780002713399
ISBN-10
000271339X
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
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Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$20.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Following the teachings of his mentor friend and poet Carlo, Enrico leaves his family for the Patagonian pampas, while experimenting with a variety of experiences in his search for life's meaning
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Early this century Enrico, a young intellectual, leaves the abundantly diverse Austro-Hungarian city of Gorizia with its mixed population and culture, to spend several years living on the Patagonian pampas, alone with his ancient Greek texts, his flocks and every now and then a woman. He has been taught by his closest friend, Carlo, a philosopher/poet who commits suicide in his early twenties, to search for an authentic life, free of social falsehoods. But in his search for this unattainable goal, Enrico destroys every chance he has of a normal existence; even after his return to live a life of ever-increasing isolation by the Istrian seashore, his attempts at human intercourse, at meaningful love, are thwarted. In recounting the life and character of Enrico, ostensibly one of Life's failures, Claudio Magris paints a remarkably shrewd and observant picture of a whole world in ferment, that of the decaying Austro-Hungarian empire, shaken to its foundations by the Great War, and emerging from the German occupation and the Communist revolution ripe for disintegration and forever seeking, as does Enrico, for a reason to go on living.
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Hardcover
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from Harpercollins (December 1, 1994)
9780002713399 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $20.00
About: Following the teachings of his mentor friend and poet Carlo, Enrico leaves his family for the Patagonian pampas, while experimenting with a variety of experiences in his search for life's meaning
About: Following the teachings of his mentor friend and poet Carlo, Enrico leaves his family for the Patagonian pampas, while experimenting with a variety of experiences in his search for life's meaning
Paperback
Reprint edition from Random House Uk Ltd (April 1, 2017)
9781784871321 | details & prices | 112 pages | List price $16.95
This edition also contains A Different Sea
This edition also contains A Different Sea
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